Mariah Carey was born in Long Island (United States) on March 27, 1970. She is a singer, songwriter, record producer and actress.
She is the daughter of Patricia Hickey, an Irish opera singer, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of Venezuelan-African descent.
She has won five Grammy awards, and is considered the most successful female artist of the 90’s and considered the greatest female vocalist in contemporary music.
Received the Billboard Music Award for Artist of the Decade in 1999 and World Music Awards for Female Artist with best-selling albums of the Millennium in 2000, with more than 200 million albums sold worldwide, including 62.5 million in the U.S. alone according to RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
Mariah Carey is praised for her vocal ability. Throughout her career, Mariah has already received over 100 awards. Recently, Mariah was included in the list of top 100 singers of all time, performed by Rolling Stone, occupying the 79th position.
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